Top India Diplomat Urges Defusing Border Tensions With China
- Ties go beyond issues of tension, S. Jaishankar says in speech
- Two powers have been in standoff for weeks in Himalayas
S. Jaishankar.
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India’s top diplomat called for a de-escalation of tensions with China, saying ties between the countries were too intertwined to let a renewed border spat cause lasting damage.
"India and China must not allow differences to become disputes,” Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar, who served as India’s Ambassador to China from 2009 to 2013, said in a speech on Tuesday in Singapore.